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Museum Quarter

Until the late 19th century, the
Museum Quarter lay outside the city
limits, a region of small farms and
market gardens. Then the city council
designated it an area of art and
culture, and plans were conceived for
the first of Amsterdam’s celebrated
cultural institutions. With its great
museums of art, an internationally
renowned concert hall, the city’s
largest park and a clutch of exclusive
shopping streets, the Museum Quarter
is today one of Amsterdam’s most
Almond Blossom by Van Gogh impressive areas.
AREA MAP OF MUSEUM QUARTER
0 metres 300 RAAM-
PLEIN
LENNEPKADE
0 yards 300 Jacob van Lennepkanaal KERK- STRAAT
LEIDSESTR.
3e HELMERSSTRAAT
JACOB VAN BOSBOOM TOUSSAINTSTR. N A S S AU K A D E LANGE LEIDSEDWARSSTR.
S i n g e l g r a c h t
W GASTHUISPLEIN 2e CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS- 2e HELMERSSTRAAT LEIDSE-
HELMERSSTRAAT
PRINSEN- GRACHT
PLEIN
1e O V E R T O O M LEIDSEKRUISSTR.
HELMERS- 1 e CO NSTA N T I JN HU YGEN SSTR AAT VONDELSTR AAT S TA D H
PLANTSOEN
N. BEETSSTR.
ANNA SPENGLERSTR.
1e HELMERSSTRAAT STRAAT TESSELSCHADESTR. O U D E R S K A D E WETERINGSCHANS
Z AND PAD
O V E R T O O M V O N D E L S T R A AT VOSSIUSSTR AAT HO BB EMAS TR.
JAN LUIJKENSTRAAT
V ondelpark P IE TE R CO RN ELISZ HOOFT- STR A AT HOBBEMA-
VA N EE G H ENLAA N VAN BAERLESTRAAT PAU LUS P OT T E RS TR A AT HONTHORSTSTR.
STRAAT
VAN EEGHENSTRAAT
VERMEER- STRAAT
VA N E E G H E N S T R A AT JACOB VAN BREESTRAAT MUSEUM- TENIERSSTR. H O B B E M A K A D E
WIL LE MSPA RK WE G
PLEIN
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OUD ZUID VA N B R E E S T R A AT OBRECHTSTRAAT CONCERTGEBOUW-
DE LAIRESSESTRAAT VAN BAERLESTRAAT JOHANNES
Top 10 Sights
BANSTRAAT
see pp121–3 NICOLAAS MAESSTRAAT
CORNELIS
Food and Drink FRANS VAN MIERISSTRAAT ANTHONISZSTRAAT
see p124 RUYSDAELSTR.
The Best of the Rest BRONCKHORSTSTR.
see p125 ROELOF HARTSTRAAT
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